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7 Must-see Sights in Florida – My Tips For Travellers Video

…nd worked out of here on many of his inventions, including how to make the United States self-sufficient in rubber. Ford, meanwhile, used the house to be with his close friend at his birthday and enjoy time relaxing with the man. The estate and houses are beautifully maintained and offer a fascinating insight into these two American business icons. Clearwater Beach Long stretches of sparkling white sand with a warm welcoming ocean have made the ar…

Cruise Update

6 Biggest Changes USA Cruisers Will Face As Cruise Lines Reveal Cruise Protocols

…. Testing is, therefore, integral to the resumption of cruising out of the United States. The USA lines propose a slightly different approach to testing than that used in Europe. The panel of experts has proposed double testing. First, passengers have to provide a negative Covid test taken between 5 days and 24 hours before joining the ship. This has to be done ideally before leaving to join the cruise to ensure people are not travelling whilst in…

Cruise Update

USA 2020 Cruise Update – New Plans and Protocols

…deo on YouTube NO-SAIL ORDER First, a quick reminder. The no-sail order in United States waters was extended to 31 October by the CDC, this was after an intervention by the White House Coronavirus Task Force who overruled their reported plan to extend it to end February 2021. The plan was for the Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, to meet with the heads of the cruise lines to discuss, and hopefully agree, protocols and plans to resume s…

Cruise Update

Are Cruise Lines Close To Resuming Cruising? CRUISE UPDATE

…d the world. Watch my video on “Are Cruise Lines Close To Resume Cruising” United States Resuming Cruising I want to start by exploring the progress the lines are (or aren’t) making on the US CDC’s Framework For Conditional Sailing, which lays out the path to resumption of cruising out of the United States. The CDC process was announced way back in October 2020, with a series of steps lines have to go through. The first stage is returning ships to…

Cruise Update

Latest Cruise Updates: Restart Progress, Ports Say No And More

…at there’s no firm timeline of any kind for restart of cruising out of the United States, as the dialogue with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is ongoing and moving slowly. For example, he confirmed that the cruise lines have not yet received the required and technical details from the CDC to be able to plan, let alone schedule the test cruises required as part of the Framework for Conditional Sailing. Test cruises are required a…

7 Big Challenges Cruising Now Faces

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7 Challenges Cruising Now Faces

…t cruising and I do think we’ll see restrictions lifted quicker perhaps on airlines and train travel. One of the things I guess we’ve learned through this whole process is that the cruising companies don’t actually have as much influence and political sway as perhaps they thought they did. This has largely come out through the fact that they are not incorporated in countries like the United States or the UK, or big cruising ports or places like Sp…

Job-Related Cruise Discounts

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Can Your Job Get You A Cheaper Cruise?

…Government employees If you’re a government employee, particularly in the United States, there is a website which you can join called GovX. On this site, in addition to getting discounts on a range of items and services, there’s a specific travel section where you can get discounted cruises or extra onboard credit. Airline employees The next area is one of the most established for getting travel discounts, and that’s if you’re an airline employee…

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Good Cruise News You Should Know About

…ny of the lines are incorporated in tax-friendly countries, and not in the United States, UK, Germany and so on, they could not get any state bailouts like airlines and other travel groups have had to tide them over. So that is the bad news! What is the good news? The good news is that to date only a handful of around 5 smaller lines have disappeared, like Cruise & Maritime out of the UK and Pullmantur (a Spanish joint venture with Royal Caribbean…

Queen Mary Ship and Hotel (Long Beach, California): is this old icon of a ship worth visiting today?

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Queen Mary Ship and Hotel (Long Beach, California): is this old icon of a ship worth visiting today?

…newsletter reminding me that one – if not THE – most haunted places in the United States was the ship and it was celebrating (is that the right word!) Halloween. Today, the Queen Mary is still billed as one of the most haunted venues in the United States. In this posting I cover: History of ship in Long Beach Things to do on the ship Attractions and events around the ship RMS Queen Mary at Long Beach Being in Los Angeles California for work, I cou…

Holland America Caribbean Cruise Pros and Cons

St Thomas

St Thomas. From Pirates and Slave Markets to the 2nd Busiest Caribbean Port And World Famous Beaches

…ands. Today its modern and highly efficient port, and its proximity to the United State,s has made it the 2nd most visited port by cruise ships after Puerto Rico. Like most Caribbean islands, it was “discovered” by Christopher Columbus. He came across the island in about 1493. It was, though, colonised by the Danes who made it a free port which led to a real boom in trade. Across its history it has had a mixed past, as it was a well known refuge f…

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The remarkable behind-the-scenes activities of the culinary experience on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam

…000 of supplies from 4 containers that have brought meat and fish from the United States and 6 large truck loads of fresh produce from around Europe. Darren introduced me to Pavel Petrov who is the Stores Manager. Pavel clearly is delighted to have people visiting his empire. He carefully explained the frantic logistics of embarkation day when he has to get all the stores for the next 7 or 12 night cruise on board – and into the right storeroom be…